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1、2018-2019学年度第一学期期末试卷高二英语第I卷第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。ALucilleCliftonwasthefirstAfricanAmericanpoetlaureate(桂冠诗人)ofMaryland.Criticscallheroneofthegreatestwritersofourtime.LucilleCliftonwasborninDepew,NewYorkin1936.ShebeganwritingpoetrywhenShewasa
2、bouttenyearsold.Shehaddevelopedaninterestinpoetrybecauseofhermother,ThelmaSayles.Hermotherwasalsoapoetalthoughherpoemswereneverpublished.AsachildLucillewouldsitonhermother'slapandlistenasshereadpoetry.Shelearnedtolovewordsandthepowerofwords.Thatstayedwithherasshegrew.Whilehermothertaughthertolo
3、vepoetry,herfathergaveherthegiftofstorytelling.HewouldtellLucilleinterestingstoriesaboutherancestors,especiallytheonenamedLucillewhowashisgrandmother.SamuelCliftonsaidshewasthefirstblackwomantobelegallystayedinthestateofVirginia.LucilleCliftonwroteaboutitinherpoemcalled“Lucy”.Lucilleoftentalked
4、aboutherloveforwords.Shelovedthesoundofwordsandthewaythewordsfeltinhermouth.Shelovedfindinginterestingwaystousewordstoexpresswhatwashappeningintheworld.Unlikehermother,LucilleClifton'spoetryisnottraditionalatall.Herpoemsdonotrhymeorfollowaspecialkindofpattern.Theydonotusefancywords.Herpoetryisk
5、nownforbeingsimple,truthfulanddirect.Itiswrittenthewaypeoplespeak,inacasual,relaxedlanguage.Thereisverylittlepunctuationandevenlesscapitalization(首字母大写).Manyofthepoemsareuncomfortablyhonest.LucilleCliftonoftensaidthatshetriedtocomforttheafflicted(折磨)andafflictthecomfortable.Overtheyears,sheseem
6、stohaveperfectedthatart.1.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?A.Lucille'sparentsinfluencedheralot.B.Lucille'sfatheroftenreadpoemstoher.C.Lucille'smotherpublishedsomepoems.D.Lucille'sparentstaughthertolovewords.第11页共11页2.Whatisthelastparagraphmainlyabout?A.Lucille'sgreatworks.B.WordsthatLucilleused.C
7、.Lucille'swritingstyle.D.BackgroundofLucille'spoems.3.Fromthepassage,weknowthatLucilleis________.A.funny B.creativeC.selfishD.beautiful4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.LucilleCliftonwasthefirstAfricanAmericanpoetlaureateofAmeric
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